[merged] Pacquiao-Barrera II - Oct. 6, 2007

[c0zee]

Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have reached a settlement of the various legal disputes including that pertaining to Manny Pacquiao. Bouts between Manny Pacquiao and marquee fighters under contract to Golden Boy will be co-promoted by Golden Boy and Top Rank. Fights between Manny Pacquiao against fighters other than Golden Boy fighters will be promoted by Top Rank with Golden Boy retaining a promotional interest. The first fight which will be presented under this arrangement will be Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera on October 6, 2007 at Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy, and Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, both agreed that the settlement will be great for boxing as Top Rank fighters will be taking on Golden Boy fighters in the months and years ahead. All other details of the settlement are confidential.

[tsupermario]

in the end, it was good that pacman signed 2 contracts :hihihi: definitely a good day for boxing. cotto-mosley bring it on

[Asus700]

this is a pretty much redundant fight.

paquiao has nothing to prove anymore with fighting a guy whom he beat satisfactorily.

barrera has no reason to climb up the ring with paquiao anymore, he licked the canvass for a good number of times.

marquez would have been a better choice.

pero syempre, pera pera na lang yan.

[chua_riwap]

October? Tagal pa nito.

Pacquiao pa rin yan. Lalo na ngayon, lahat ng galit niya, ibubuhos niya kay Barrera. Talo eh. Kelangang bawiin yung P140M pinamigay nya nung May elections.

[Syuryuken]

potek yung malakas-lakas naman ilaban nila kay pacman.

[mikaztro]

It's a great matchup but I would prefer Pacman going against Joan Guzman, Edwin Valero and Juan Manuel Marquez. Barrera was soundly beaten by Juan Manuel in their last fight. I hope Pacman hurdles this fight and fight those fighters that I mentioned.

[Kanut]

buti nagkaayos din tong dalawang ito.yes pacquiao has nothing to prove against marco,,but he has millions to gain.

[jundogg]

i think ego nalang nya ipaglalaban nya.
sana manalo sya para mabawi nya pinangkampanya, kundi talunan na talaga sya

[CVT]

I'd still say "Go Pacman!"

3101:transform:

[torque2006]

It's a great matchup but I would prefer Pacman going against Joan Guzman, Edwin Valero and Juan Manuel Marquez. Barrera was soundly beaten by Juan Manuel in their last fight. I hope Pacman hurdles this fight and fight those fighters that I mentioned.

yeah, that would be great.

guzman and valero are good boxers, but have low commercial value.

as for marquez, he's the world champion. but he's boring to watch.

as for barrera, well, he got knocked down by pacquaio in their first outing. barerra's been crying for the past year wanting to skin pacquiao for the sissy knockout because back then "he wasn't physicall and mentally" prepared.

pacquaio, just lost his congressional bid, and lost a lot of money in the run up.

as for their promoters, months of legal-wrangling brought them zero-money, but lots of newspaper and website coverage.


i smell green bucks. lots of it.

[ekimonk]

gusto ko matalo si pacquaio dyan.. pag nanalo yan mas lalo yayaman at lalaki ang ulo.. baka next time mag ubos uli ng pera sa kampanya yan.. e di ang yumaman yung mga may negosyante at sindikato sa paligid ng politika..

kaya sana matalo.. para magising sya sa katotohana na di araw araw may biyaya.. para matuto sya

[yebo]

kala ko ako lang ang may gusto matalo si pacquiao hahahaha!

dati pumupusta ako kay pacman, pero nung naging mayabang na hindi na, sa kalaban na ang pusta ko.

sana nga matalo, laki na ng ulo ng taong yan. dapat na maturuan ng leksyon. pag natalo na siya (sana knock out!) saka lang ako ulit magiging pacquiao fan. yun e kung mabawasan kahit konti ang laki ng ulo nya. if not, sana tuloy-tuloy ang talo gaya ni mike tyson.

ano kaya magiging trabaho nya pag nagtatalo na siya? ubos pera nya sa election. janitor sa city hall ng gensan pwede kaya?

[tsupermario]

imho most of the elite boxers out there are like pacman :D

[Kanut]

^^just look at mayweather.yun ang mayabang.

OT:saw this valero guy's fight(his 22nd ko).walang technique gumalaw, suntok lang ng suntok.parang si pacquiao when he won his 1st belt in thailand.

[chua_riwap]

PACQUIAO A BILLIONAIRE IN 3 YRS.

Pacquiao will face Marco Antonio Barrera on Oct. 6 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. It will be a rematch of their 2003 showdown in San Antonio where the Filipino underdog scored a knockout that catapulted him to stardom.

Pacquiao, according to an insider, will probably get a purse of $5 million to $6 million (a staggering P276 million) for the rematch. Then he stands to earn a little more in TV shares and merchandise sales. Barrera can get $3.5 million. What’s quite interesting is that Pacquiao, the most exciting fighter in the world today, can lose this fight and still earn as much or even more for a third and deciding match with the 33-year-old Barrera.

Pacquiao faced the great Erik Morales three times, starting off with a purse of less than $1 million in March of 2005. For their third fight in November last year, the 28-year-old Pacquiao won the trilogy (2-to-1) and took a $3 million purse.

On the side, Pacquiao faced lighter opponents like Hector Velasquez, Oscar Larios and most recently Jorge Solis, but in each fight managed to earn more than what some world champions do. As long as he stays as exciting as ever, Pacquiao’s fight purse will only grow bigger. Should he beat Barrera and send the Mexican to retirement, it’ll be the bigger fights looking for him, and not the other way around.

There’s reigning World Boxing Council super-featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico who’s also aching for a multi-million-dollar rematch with Pacquiao following their controversial draw in 2004. Again, there’s a possibility of a Pacquiao-Marquez trilogy.

Also lining up for a lucrative fight with the Filipino superstar are Edwin Valero, the reigning WBA champion who has knocked out all his 21 opponents. Already, there’s animosity between him and Pacquiao who has belittled the Venezuelan’s foes. Then there’s Joan Guzman, the WBO champion from the Dominican Republic. He is known in the boxing world as "Little Tyson" and is considered a dangerous foe for Pacquiao because of his "fast feet and faster hands."

Of course, there’s Humberto Soto, the biggest loser of the recent Top Rank-Golden Boy settlement. The Mexican, a Top Rank boxer, was all set to face Pacquiao in October in Vancouver. Now he has to wait in the sidelines.

Barrera, Marquez, Valero and Guzman are all tied or at least have ties with Golden Boy, owned by Oscar dela Hoya. If not for retired judge Daniel Weinstein who forged the settlement, it would have been quite impossible for Pacquiao to face these boxers. Along with these fights, endorsement contracts here and abroad plus numerous business opportunities will come along, again translating into millions and millions more in earnings for the former construction worker.

"Yes, if everything falls into place, Manny Pacquiao can become a billionaire. There’s just too much money to be made out there," said Wakee Salud, one of Pacquiao’s trusted companions.

Although he did not answer calls Saturday, Pacquiao should be very happy, extremely happy with all these prospects. Now he can forget about the millions he lost during the elections.


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Magiging "billionaire" na si Congressman. Ano naman kaya ang papangarapin niya come 2010?

[Kanut]

Pacquiao, the most exciting fighter in the world today, can lose this fight and still earn as much or even more for a third and deciding match with the 33-year-old Barrera.

interesting point there....

[swimstroke]

Hindi siya kaya ni Barrera, at malabo din siyang maghirap. Lifetime partner ng San Miguel iyan.

[chua_riwap]

OT

"New look" si Pacman ah. Bago na hairstyle nya, sa gilid na hati......ala Jose Rizal.

[Tha_Mann]

kaya ayaw ng kampo ni pacman na kalabanin si JMM ksi mandatory fight daw yun, ang magiging hatiaan sa pera eh 70% sa champion at 30% lang sa challenger. kaya ayun, kahit na wala syang title na mukukuha eh si barrera kakalabanin. pera pera nga lng talaga yan.

[tsupermario]

What’s quite interesting is that Pacquiao, the most exciting fighter in the world today, can lose this fight and still earn as much or even more for a third and deciding match with the 33-year-old Barrera.

for that he should be no.1 in most pound-for-pound list, not mayweather